CONCORD, N.C. — Joey Logano has been through a great deal in his young racing the career. But until this week, he never was in the position of moving from one team to another after being forced out of his ride.

The 22-year-old Logano, who spent the first four years of his Cup career at Joe Gibbs Racing, had his first test Tuesday with Penske Racing. Shuffled out of JGR in favor of former Cup champion Matt Kenseth, Logano hopes to show that he is set for the prime of his racing career.

He joins an organization fresh off winning its first Sprint Cup title with Brad Keselowski, who lobbied Penske officials to hire Logano as his teammate.

“It’s really cool to have a teammate that’s a student of the sport, that really studies it and will push me to do things differently,” Logano said of Keselowski. “The coolest thing that Brad is able to do is he’s able to think outside of the box — like way outside the box.

“That’s interesting to me, to see the way his mind works.”

Logano has finished between 16th and 24th in the standings in his four seasons. He has won two Cup races but didn’t develop as quickly as JGR officials had hoped after rushing him to the Cup series after just one partial season in Nationwide.

Could Penske Racing be the spark he needs? Logano said that Keselowski has a different approach and outlook toward long runs as well as the way to approach some of the driving lines at different tracks.

“I can learn a lot on the way he leads a team and drives a racecar and the way he sets up his car,” Logano said. “I seem to be a little bit different (from) the things he looks for. … Taking some of his techniques, I’ve tried them out there and there are pros and cons to everything, but it gives me a few more tools to work with when I’m out there.”

Keselowski, who was credited for being a team player last year at Penske, hopes it’s reciprocal. He hopes that he can learn from Logano, particularly from how fast Logano typically is during the first practice session at a track.

“I feel like there are a lot of areas that I can improve and be better and I think there are things Joey does right out of the gate that are better than what I do,” Keselowski said.

The champion pledged he would not keep information from Logano in order to help himself.

“I would rather finish second to him next year in every race and even the championship than to rest on my laurels, not get any better and the whole field does, and run fifth, 10th, 15th, 17th — whatever it might be — and beat him,” Keselowski said. “I think it’s that spirit that is going to drive us to be the best we can.”

Logano thinks he can take Keselowski in one arena — the basketball court. But not by much.

“Both of us aren’t very coordinated,” Logano said. “Everyone would laugh if we had a basketball game against each other.

“I think it would be the funniest thing you’ve ever seen. It would be hilarious. I think I might have him beat, but I’m pretty bad.”